D. GUIDELINES FOR THE WORK OF WORSHIP Ecclesiastes 5:1-9 1. Watch your step in God's house. Ecclesiastes 5:1 a TEXT 5:1a Ecclesiastes 5:1 a Guard your steps as you go to the house of God, THOUGHT QUESTIONS 5:1a 114. Since vanity is still under consideration, where are we now to guard against i... [ Continue Reading ]
3. Recognize God as the Ruler over all. Ecclesiastes 5:8-9 TEXT 5:8-9 8 If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight, for one official watches over another official, and there are higher officials over them. 9 After al... [ Continue Reading ]
E. ADMONITIONS CONCERNING THE FUTILITY OF RICHES 5:106:12 1. Riches by themselves are vain. Ecclesiastes 5:10-20 a. They do not satisfy. Ecclesiastes 5:10-12 TEXT 5:10-12 10 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity. 11... [ Continue Reading ]
b. They may be harmful. Ecclesiastes 5:13-17 TEXT 5:13-17 13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to their hurt. 14 When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him. 15... [ Continue Reading ]
c. Exhortation to enjoy the riches God permits Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 TEXT 5:18-20 18 Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one's labor in which he toils under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his rewa... [ Continue Reading ]